Improvement in holders for plates while being warmed



dn-drh' ata WILLIAMV rsTOUrENBOROUeH, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

lLetters Parent No. 111,399, dated January 31, 1871.

`lMPROVEME-NT IN HOLDERS FOR PLATES WHILE'BEING WARMED.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

OUGH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andStatc of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Holders for Plateswhile being Warmed; and the following is declared to be a full andcorrect description ofthe said invention.

In households, when it becomes necessary to warm plates for use at thetable, said plates are generally placed one upon another in the oven orupon the top of a stove. When warmed in this manner they do not receivethe same degreeyof warmth, and the lower plate, which is in `Contactwith the heated plate of the stove, very frequently cracks and breaksfrom the heat.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for plates that can beset upon the top of a stove, and

in which the plates will receive an equal degree ot'.

warmth, and iu which there will be no danger of the plates strikingagainst each other, or falling ont, or

cracking with too great heat, or by the weight o f the plates piled oneupon another.

I make the holder of an open frame-work ot' wire. The` ends of theholder-are kept 'apart and in their proper position by longitudinalwires or bars, and to these longitudinal wires are attached divisions,at suitable distances apart, to form receptacles for the plates, theholder being supported on legs.

iFigurel is aperspective view ot' my improved,I

holder; and

Figure 2 is a cross-sect-ion of the saine, illustrating the manner inwhich a plate lis held in tbe bolder-.

c a are the ends 4of the holder, formed of wire or other material, andof the desired shape.

I have shownthe two ends of a semicircnlar form, supported by legs c c,and connected at the upper portion by the cross-bars b b.'

The ends a a are kept in their proper position by the wires or bars Z ec fj, and these are to be conl nccted to said ends a a, in any suitablemanner, either by soldering or by being bent or twisted at the properpoints around the wire of said ends a a, or both soldering and bendingmay be employed.

Between the ends a a, and at suitable distances apart, I place the wiredivisions h h, each bent into the same general shape as the upperportions of the ends a a, and these wire divisions h h are connected tothe wires d, e, and j, by soldering or otherwise.

lThe divisions h h, together with the bars d, c, and j; form receptaclesinto which the plates are to be placed, thc divisions 71. h preventingthe plates resting or striking against each other and the wires or bars(l e f supporting the plates, and preventing fromvfalling out of theholder.-

.My plate-holder is very light and strong, and the plates held thereinwill each receive a nearly uniform degree of warmth, as the heat fromthe stove can circulate On both sides of the plates.

. It' desired, the holder might 4be inclosed at the sides and top with asheet-metal casing, thetop to be provided with 'a swinging cover toallow access to the holder. l

The bars h might be bent down in the middle to facilitate the graspingof small plates or saucers, and vertical rods be used to connect thesame .with the bar d, (see dotted lines fig. 2.)

The bars c may be increased in number to strength'- eu the plate-holder,ane the legs c may be braced to the bar el.

I claim as my invention- 4 The plate-holder, formed Of the metallic endsa. a.,

wire divisions h 71', legs c, and connecting-bars d f,

as and for .the purposes specied.

Signed this 16th day of December, A. D. 1870. A W T. STOUTENBOROUGH.

Witnesses (Inks. H. SMITH, Gno. T. BINOKNEY.

